gold mine

Example Sentences

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Are the Dodgers baseball’s version of a gold mine?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

It was in 1901 that British businessman William Knox D’Arcy, flush with cash from developing an Australian gold mine, heard about a fortune to be made in Iranian oil.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

“Having a superstar you can’t publicize is like finding a gold mine on somebody else’s land,” said the public-information director for the ABA’s Utah Stars, Malone’s first professional team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Now, the site has been transformed into South Africa’s first new underground gold mine in more than 15 years, part of a global rush to boost production of a metal trading at record prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

“There’s a gold mine, and a gift shop, and a museum, and a soda shop. You could get yourself an ice cream.”

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling